Book Summer: Reading fun during the summer holidays
Chemnitz City Library offers two projects for children and young people
On Monday 22 June, the ‘Buchsommer Sachsen’ – eagerly awaited by many young people – gets underway. Chemnitz City Library is also taking part, with the Central Library at the TIETZ and the branch libraries at the Vita-Center and the Yorck-Center.
Registration for Buchsommer is free of charge and can be done in person at the libraries; parental consent is not required.
Exclusively for all 11- to 16-year-olds, hundreds of titles from the latest children’s and young adult literature are available to read: thrilling thrillers, mystery and fantasy novels, as well as cutting-edge stories about love and life.
Anyone who reads three books during the summer holidays will receive an invitation to the ‘Buchsommer’ closing party at the Weltecho, as well as a certificate confirming their successful participation.
You can also take part in the ‘Pop-up Buchsommer’ at the Einsiedel District Library (on 7 and 21 July and 4 August) and at the Wittgensdorf District Library (on 17 and 31 July and 14 August), it is also possible to take part.
Summer reading fun in a reader’s rucksack
On Wednesday 1 July, the ‘Summer Reading Fun’ programme also begins for all primary school children aged 6 to 10. Reading rucksacks containing the latest summer reading material and a little surprise will then be available at the Central Library in the TIETZ, as well as at the district libraries in the Vita-Center, the Yorck-Center, Einsiedel and Wittgensdorf. These can be borrowed using a standard library card, which is free for children and young people until their 18th birthday.
‘Buchsommer Sachsen’ is a reading promotion initiative for young people organised by public libraries in Saxony and the Saxony Regional Association of the German Library Association e. V., in cooperation with the State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) and the Friends of Chemnitz City Library Association. This initiative is co-funded by tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.